Plants And Fish Without A Heater

[acorn54]

i am planning to set up a fish tank. i was thinking white clouds for fish as i wont be using a heater. are there any websites that sell low light plants for the aquarium without using a heater and survive at room temperature.
by the way i hope to enjoy my stay here on this forum.

 

[CTGoldfish]

i am planning to set up a fish tank. i was thinking white clouds for fish as i wont be using a heater. are there any websites that sell low light plants for the aquarium without using a heater and survive at room temperature.
by the way i hope to enjoy my stay here on this forum.

click for list of low light plants
and most you can find at your LFS or online at sites like aquabid.com,ebay,or just google search the plant
And as far as I know your WCMM will do fine at room temperature
before you start your tank check out the beginners resource center it will inform you about the importance of cycling your tank and various other things

 

[dipsydoodlenoodle]

I have elodea and anubias in my cold water tanks (I also have them in tropical tanks) but they seem to do well in both. Plants will grow slower in the low light tanks. Oh I also have java fern and java moss in a cold water low light tank.

 

[OldMan47]

Welcome to the forum Acorn.
I have many of my tanks that run at room temperature, it is a given for those of us keeping goodeids. My plants do not seem to know the difference between a heated tropical setup and an unheated room temperature setup. They thrive equally in both conditions. Low light plants that will do well include, among others, Anubias, Cryptocorynes, Java moss, java fern, najas grass. I have even grown java moss with no artificial light in a room that only had a northern window. It grew with no algae forming which is a bit unusual for a java moss clump.

 

[acorn54]

as far as cycling the tank. isn't there now gravel with the bacteria already in the gravel that you just add to your tank?
i would like a link to where i can purchase this also.
thanks again for all the helpful replies.

 

[OldMan47]

I am sure that such a product is being sold, since many similar sounding things have been sold in the past. What we have found here is that none of them really work. If you would like to try out the product for us and report on your cycle's progress please do, I would be delighted to find that someone was finally selling something worthwhile for cycling a tank. There has not been such a thing since they stopped making the Nitrospira product a few years ago. Honestly I suspect you are looking at something called live rock which is a thing used to jump start a salt water tank. If that is the product you have found, it has no place in a fresh water tank.

 

[acorn54]

I am sure that such a product is being sold, since many similar sounding things have been sold in the past. What we have found here is that none of them really work. If you would like to try out the product for us and report on your cycle's progress please do, I would be delighted to find that someone was finally selling something worthwhile for cycling a tank. There has not been such a thing since they stopped making the Nitrospira product a few years ago. Honestly I suspect you are looking at something called live rock which is a thing used to jump start a salt water tank. If that is the product you have found, it has no place in a fresh water tank.

this is the product i am referring to

http/www.fosterandsmithaquatics.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=3578+9805+21412&pcatid=21412

has anyone tried it or know anything about it?

 

[OldMan47]

As I said earlier, we have seen all sorts of things like this sold before Acorn. If you decide to try it anyway, please keep us informed about your chemistry as it progresses. It will be interesting to see if it does any good at all for you.